Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Jan 2002 14:40:23 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] AMD Elan patch |
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>x86info is the closest thing to a complete list, but as hpa pointed out, >>the problem identifying the cpu is easy, identifying the chipset is the >>hard part. >> > > I can guarantee 100% correct chipset identification. If you meet an ELAN410 > it is the chipset too. The ISA and VLB come directly off the CPU >
That's not the problem, really... the problems is that CPUID identifies the CPU core, and embedded CPU cores tend to be used and reused many times -- in fact, AMD are quite good at that.
-hpa
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